Chime is hiring a Database Reliability Engineer to take ownership of our existing and new database infrastructure across multiple platforms and facilitate releases into new regions. You'll work with the latest technology and have the freedom to research and implement new technologies into our stack.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain highly available database architectures to support business growth across multiple countries.
- Improve existing database infrastructure, including performance tuning, capacity planning, backup/recovery strategies, and disaster recovery procedures.
- Develop automation tools and internal platforms using Go/Python to streamline database operations, reduce manual interventions, and minimize human errors.
- Monitor database health and performance metrics, establish alerting mechanisms based on SLO burn rates, and proactively identify potential issues.
- Take ownership and responsibility for database operations including schema changes, data migrations, and production deployments.
- Collaborate with development teams to provide database design consultation, query optimization, and troubleshooting support.
- Conduct regular database security audits and implement security best practices to protect sensitive data.
What We're Looking For
- 4+ years experience tackling and managing advanced MySQL and MongoDB problems.
- Proven experience in managing large-scale database systems in production environments.
- Deep understanding of database architecture, performance optimisation, high availability solutions, and database security best practices.
- Strong automation mindset and programming skills to build tools that improve database operations and reliability.
- Understanding of SLI/SLO/SLA concepts and experience implementing reliability engineering practices.
Technical Stack
- Databases & Caching: AWS Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL, MongoDB Atlas, AWS DocumentDB, AWS ElastiCache, Valkey, Redshift
- Messaging & Search: Apache RocketMQ, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alert Manager
- Backup & DR: AWS Backup, Point-in-Time Recovery, Cross-Region Replication
- Infrastructure as Code & Deployment: Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Github Action, Helm
- Networking & Security: AWS VPC, Security Groups, AWS Secrets Manager
- Languages & Platforms: Golang, Python, Kubernetes
Team & Environment
You will work in a team of DBRE and DevOps professionals.
Benefits & Compensation
- A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter.
- 28 days paid annual leave.
- Referral bonuses & flash bonuses.
- Top of the line equipment.
- Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities.
Work Mode
This role is remote-friendly and open to candidates in Europe and LATAM.
Chime is an equal opportunity employer.
